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Maṇḍa is said to increase kapha, to be very nourishing, aphrodisiac and tasty, to remove disorders of vata and of raktapitta, and to be clear; thick maṇḍa is heavy, strengthening and very…

A cooling powder of twenty-three drugs soaked in milks and ghee and taken with an equal weight of sugar, said to pacify mandali (pitta-provoking) snake poison quickly.

Mandali: stage 1 a not-too-deep incision to let blood, stage 2 antidote mixed with ghee followed promptly by emesis, stage 3 emesis, stages 4 to 7 as for darvikara. Rajimanta: stage 1 deep…

Snake poison is called the most dreadful of animal poisons; snakes are of five kinds, divine serpents poison by sight and breath and earthly snakes by their fangs, and the text lists why…

Weak digestive fire is said to arise from aggravated kapha.

Maṇḍa is said to increase kapha, to be very nourishing, aphrodisiac and tasty, to remove disorders of vata and of raktapitta, and to be clear; thick maṇḍa is heavy, strengthening and very…

Having given formulas for all vata and kapha poisons, the text now gives very cooling ones for pitta poisons: sariva, jatamamsi, raisins, clove, cinnamon, shyama, somalata, shallaki,…

Mandali snakes are described as covered with many-coloured circular patches, slow-moving, very long (and thick), with very hot poison, living on the ground.

In mandali poisoning the blood turns yellow in the first stage; in the second the flesh is affected, eyes and face turn pale and the mouth bitter; then come thirst, high fever and intense…

A mandali bite shows pitta signs such as burning and a rajimanta bite shows kapha signs. Having identified the snake from these signs, the physician should remove the poison with suitable…

For mandali poisoning: a shallow incision to let blood in stage 1, antidote mixed with ghee then prompt emesis in stage 2, emesis again in stage 3, and the darvikara measures for the rest.…

Ash gourd (kuṣmāṇḍa, white gourd), which the commentary names for the verse's 'creeper fruits', is listed among the causes of kapha aggravation.

Bhūkūṣmāṇḍa (the commentary: जमीनकद्दू, विदारीकंद), seeds of ikṣura (तालमखाना), seeds of guptā (कौंच) and the root of musalī (तालमूली) are powdered and given with goat's milk to drink at…

Bhūkūṣmāṇḍa, ikṣura seeds, guptā (kauñca) seeds and musalī root are powdered and given with goat's milk to drink at night at the time of intercourse.

White arka (verse amalina arka) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

Maṇḍūkī, glossed brāhmī, is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

हिन्दी: त्रिकटु, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल · मराठी: कडु पडवळ, कंकोळ, पिंडीतगर, त्रिकटु, मीठ, कडु कांकडी, रुई, मन्दार, वाळाभेद, मोहरी, कुटकी

हिन्दी: लाल कटसरैया · मराठी: रक्त कोरंटा, थोर श्वेत रुई, मन्दार, लाल फुलाचें भात

हिन्दी: सुगंधवाला, नेत्रवाला, जल · मराठी: पाणी, वाळा, परेळाचा भेद, जलवेत, गाईचा गर्भाशय, मंदपणा

हिन्दी: मंजीठ, हुरहुर, हुलहुल, मंडूकपानी, ब्रह्ममंडूकी · मराठी: मंजिष्ट, सूर्यफूलवल्ली, आदित्यकान्ता, ब्राह्मी, शालिपर्णी, अळूं, कंडुरूल, टेंटू